Yesterday was the first day for all the new students. In the music department, we answered all kinds of questions about lessons, auditions, and ensembles.
Today was the first official day!
8:00 – Met with the worship team to rehearse In Christ Alone
8:45 – Staff & faculty lined up
9:00 – Opening Ceremony Started
- Processional of faculty and staff
- Flag processional with seniors (check out my facebook page for a video of this processional)
- Opening remarks by director Scott Jones
- Charge to Faculty
- Charge to ResLife
- Charge to Seniors
- Roll Call of the Nations (all 52 countries represented – video is on my facebook page)
- Student Body President’s speech
- In Christ Alone – congregational worship
- Prayer
- Closing Announcements
10:00 – The goodbyes and hellos of a new year. It was an odd mixture of the joy of returning students embracing and exclaiming over the excitement of another year together, with the heart-wrenching sadness of seeing parents say goodbye to their children, some of them for the first time.
10:30 – Middle school departed, High School had a meeting
11:00 – Allison Stroud and I went to the Middle School to explain the music/drama offerings
12:00 – Back on the main campus, we had a bit of a break for lunch.
12:35 – Rotations – each class visited 4 stations. Marit and I stayed at the extracurricular sign-up area and recruited a bunch of kids to play in orchestra and band. We also have a couple chamber ensembles in the works!
2:20 – Mock Schedule run-through. Students visited each of their classes for approximately 8 minutes. I gave a brief introduction to guitar class and high school orchestra and met the new students! It was short but effective in letting the students find their classes.
4:00 – Auditions!
Tomorrow is the first full day of classes, followed again by more auditions. Tomorrow also happens to be the birthday of my roommate Emily Kelly. Happy birthday, Emily! It’s your birthday in Moscow already!
